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Maryland football player Wes Brown’s car has been linked to a shooting in Baltimore, a city police detective says in a document that provides new details about the running back’s arrest last week. The probable cause statement, filed in District Court here, says that Baltimore police detective Bradley Hood “stated that [Brown’s vehicle] was the vehicle that was involved in the shooting.” Brown, one of the team’s top running backs as a freshman, was charged last week with second-degree assault on a Baltimore police detective who hoped to question him as a “person of interest” in the non-fatal shooting investigation from last month. Police...

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It will cost 60 cents more each time customers buy more time for prepaid cell phones. Before that fee takes effect, those phones, unlike contract phones, were not taxed to help pay for the emergency 911 system.

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Gordy Frack waited 30 minutes Tuesday morning to get an essential commodity – hot, black coffee."It was worth it," Frack said after his wait to get two cups of joe at the Wawa on E. Broad Street and Stefko Boulevard in Bethlehem. "I don't...

It was always a quiet block, everyone would say afterward. Maybe it was. Or maybe the 500 block of N. 13th Street in Allentown only seemed so in retrospect.
The night was cold and characteristically still as a man made his way along Allen Street. He...

Investigators have launched a child pornography probe of Parkland High School students after sexual images of underage girls were sent to dozens of their classmates via cell phone.
Lehigh County prosecutors have warned about 40 students to turn over...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers who text while driving are also more likely to engage in other risky activities, such as riding with an intoxicated driver or not wearing a seatbelt, a new study suggests. Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease...

Cellphones, for many people, have morphed into an extra appendage, always within reach except for that time you accidentally left it at home and suffered a minor panic attack.
Our constant connectedness has its benefits — it's hard to imagine a time when...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Text and video messages designed to help people quit smoking nearly doubled the success rate for attempted quitters, compared to people who didn't have such assistance, in a new review of several studies. Researchers found nine...

Ravens outside linebacker Albert McClellan is no longer facing an accusation of domestic violence.Arrested on June 30 in his hometown of Lakeland, Fla., McClellan's first-degree misdemeanor battery case and a second-degree misdemeanor simple assault...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One out of every seven Los Angeles high schoolers with a cell phone has sent a sexually-explicit text message or photo, according to results of a 2011 survey that also found "sexters" more likely to engage in risky...

Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
6:10 p.m. Jury asks to go home
Judge Edward Burmila told jurors they could go home or keep deliberating, and the jury has requested to go home....

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a review of the agency's stance on radiofrequency energy emitted from cell phones amid lingering concerns that the devices may cause brain tumors. FCC...

Actress Jennifer Hudson cried softly as her former brother-in-law was convicted today of murdering her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
Hudson bowed her head as jurors entered the courtroom around 4:40 p.m. The Academy Award-winning actress, who...

This is a quandary about the future of video games, but it also has a lot to do with text messages, phone calls, headsets and millennials. The backlash to the “Facebook Age” cries out for more human connection, more “real” interactions with those...

Those looking to lose weight, quit smoking or keep tabs on a malady have a lot of choices in the smartphone app stores. Choosing one that's beneficial is more of a problem.
Science is still trying to catch up to the market for mobile health applications,...

Name: Magellan's Women's Voyager Jacket
What it is: This lightweight convertible travel jacket has 12 pockets, and its plethora of pockets let it stand in for a day bag for hands-free sightseeing. Although Magellan's makes a similar jacket for men,...

For many music lovers, the cloud is proving to be a heavenly — yet also strange — place to dwell.Music streaming services such as Rhapsody, Pandora and the celebrated Spotify have caused the industry's biggest revolution since the debut of Apple's iPod...

It was the cellphone heard 'round the world.
A bouncy marimba ring tone on an iPhone erupted during the final soft, almost unbearably poignant minutes of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 9 at a recent New York Philharmonic concert in Lincoln Center.
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Name: Bluetrek Speaky wireless car kit speakerphone
What it is: If you mated a small robot with a Kewpie doll, the offspring might resemble Speaky, a Bluetooth 3.0 speakerphone. The head houses the speaker, and Speaky's belly button has a light that...

The first rule of skiing: There are no friends on a powder day. Technology has infiltrated every corner of our lives, but really, the idea of tweeting my snow stashes is sacrilege.
In the spirit of keeping up with the technology, however, I set aside...

People look at some news photos shot on Sept. 11, 2001, and wonder how those who took them could bear to keep working in the face of such tragedy. Richard Drew said his lens acts as a filter: "The things are happening over there, on...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sending your child on a flight alone can be overwhelming for a parent — from packing the right things to making sure the kids are fed.
Adding to the confusion, not all airlines follow the same rules, or charge the same fees for children...